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Erie (PG-50)

Sunk 5 December 1942

Erie Class Gunboat:

Laid down in December 1934 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY

Launched 29 January 1936

Commissioned 1 July 1936

Beached 12 November 1942 at Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-163

Capsized and sank, 5 December 1942 after being towed to Willenstad, Curaçao

Struck from the Navy Register 28 July 1943

Salvaged in 1952 and her hulk sunk in deeper water.

Specifications:

Displacement 2,000 t.

Length 328' 6"

Beam 41' 3"

Draft 14' 10"

Speed 20 kts.

Complement 243

Armament: Four 6"/47 gun mounts, two quad 1.1" machine guns, two 3-pounders and one aircraft

Original photo: U.S. Navy photoReplacement photo: Underway after completion of long range battle practice, off Coco Solo, C.Z. on April 7, 1938National Archives photo 80-G-413975

Original photo: Robert HurstReplacement photo: Mike Green

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c. 1936Photo courtesy of Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York

Darryl Baker

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c. October 1936Departing Brooklyn, NY for her shakedown cruisePhoto by Wide World Photos, Inc., New York, NY

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Original photo: U.S. Navy photoReplacement photo: 18 December 1936Photo caption:

VESSEL FIRED ON BY WARSHIP

The State Department confirmed today, (Dec. 18), reports that the U.S.S. Erie (shown above), had been fired on by an unidentified Spanish warship near the port of Gijon, SpainAcme Newspictures, Inc. photo

View the Erie (PG-50)DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website
Additional Resources and Web Sites of InterestBooklet of General Plansfrom the Historic Naval Ships Association website